Portrait of a Beauty

Portrait of a Beauty

2008 · 108 min · KO · 6.2 (40 votes)
Dir. Jeon Yun-su · Starring Kim Gyu-ri, Kim Young-ho, Kim Nam-gil, Choo Ja-hyun, Han Myung-goo, Park Ji-il · Music Hwang Sang-jun

“Sensational secret from the history gets revealed.”

DramaRomance

Yun-jeong, a skilled painter, disguises herself as a man in court to continue her family's legacy. Circumstances become difficult when her relationship with Kang-mu draws jealousy from the others.

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A visually stunning, melancholic drama exploring forbidden desire and the constraints of identity. It feels like a hushed, intimate confession, steeped in the beauty and tragedy of artistic expression and suppressed longing.

melancholicerotictragicyearningslow-burnperiod dramaarthousevisually lushsensualidentityforbidden loveartgender roles
eroticismjoseon dynasty (1392–1910)